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Octopamine

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The sympathomimetic amine octopamine (p-hydroxyphenylethanolamine) has the properties of a neurotransmitter in many invertebrate species. In mammals it seems to be a cotransmitter with noradrenaline.

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Axelrod, J., Saavedra, J. Octopamine. Nature 265, 501–504 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/265501a0

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